Whistle, wood; notched mouthpiece with reed; eight bands of fiber wrapped around incisions in body; end opposite from mouthpiece beveled; L 31.8 cm X Diam 2.5 cm
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Sonora, near Chucarit; Mayo or Yaqui
Culture or time period:
Mayo
Collector:
Ralph L. Beals
Collection date:
1931
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1931
Context of use:
Musical instrument
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 2.5 centimeters and length 31.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995) and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)